PROUT: June 2004 Archives

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Gandhaha'rin and Gandhaharinii
At the beginning of civilisation, at the dawn of the Vaedic age, the desire to create arts and crafts arose in the human mind. At that time, artisans used to work at home, and arts and crafts were produced in cottage industries. Men and women, boys and girls -- all participated in the creation of arts and crafts. Later, people realised that some arts and crafts could not be produced in every village, so certain artifacts were produced by a few combined villages. If artisans had not combined together, they would have suffered losses in the market place, and their numbers would have been significantly reduced. So, gradually human beings started to go and work in places where production was done collectively, or the first factories. At that time, the few industries that existed were decentralised.

By Dieter Dambiec

he question of wealth distribution requires a fundamental look at what forms a holistic economy. Sarkar states that a developed economy should consist of four parts: people's economy, psycho-economy, commercial economy and general economy. It is the people's economy that offers economic liberation and security for all. Its scope, implementation and invigoration of economic and human rights needs to be brought to the forefront as conventional economists are unable to come to grips with the failures in economies around the world.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

The economic development of a country depends on the collective labour of different social groups. This is the reason that the system of the division of labour gradually evolves out of the practice of domestic economy. The value of the labour of all groups, including industrial labourers, peasants, carpenters, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, physicians and clerks, is equal in the collective development of the economy.

By Ac. Krtashivananda Avt.

In the quest for economic growth, free-market ideology has been embraced around the world with the fervor of a fundamentalist religious faith. Money is its sole measure of value, and its practice is advancing policies that are deepening social and environmental disintegration everywhere.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Culture is a vague term. It is the collective name for different expressions of life. People eat, enjoy hospitality, laugh on some occasions and shed tears on others, and thereby express life through various actions. The collective name of all these actions is culture. The particular expressions of life which are not considered beneficial to others are called Krs't'i or culture. To take a very common example, an English family, out of hospitality, may offer beef to an Indian guest who may not like it. The term Sam'skrti also means culture. It is used in a good sense and is beneficial for all.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (father of PROUT)

How was capitalism created? Capital is consumable commodities in their potentiality. Intelligent people collect more capital than others in the form of consumable goods, but since this capital cannot be stored for a long time, they began to keep it in the form of money. Such people are called capitalists. These capitalists are the unworthy sons and daughters of the Cosmic Father because they go against the principle of cosmic inheritance. They should be cured of their ailments. To fight capitalism is therefore within your goal. The seed of infinite expression lies within Dharma, but you must nourish it. Capitalists create hindrances on the path of human beings to prevent them from becoming one with the cosmos--to prevent them from becoming great. So capitalism is anti-Dharma and the actions of capitalists are also anti-Dharma.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

No two entities of this universe are equal in all respects or in any respect. This universe is a collection of a mesh of varieties. Diversity is the law of nature and identity is not possible.

Although theories, propositions, hypotheses and different formula or formulae are the creations of different types of persons, they must not go against human psychology. One of the greatest treasures of human beings is rationality, and anything that goes against this human characteristic is bound to be eventually destroyed.

By Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

PROUT advocates a planned economy for the establishment of progressive socialism. Such an economy, with its quadro-divisional system (that is, people's economy, general economy, psycho-economy and commercial economy), aims to achieve all-round development and welfare of the human society in a progressive manner. PROUT wants to ensure a balanced economy through a multi-leveled, decentralized system of planning.

By Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Political democracy cannot fulfill the hopes and aspirations of people or provide the basis for constructing a strong and healthy human society. For this, the only solution is to establish economic democracy.

PROUT's system of socio-economic groupifications is a comprehensive approach to the socio-economic problems confronting society. If people adopt such an approach, society will move along the path of progress with increasing speed, overcoming all bondages and hindrances. Human society will enjoy a bright and glorious future.

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar